They tell you the rules are neutral. They tell you it's "Standard Procedure."
Let me teach you a word: Normacism. It's what happens when the architects of the system build the house on a slant, and then spend the next fifty years blaming gravity when you fall down. They treat a rigged rule as a "neutral baseline."
In funk and soul, the baseline is the heartbeat. It's the foundation that drives the entire track. But in the boardroom? The baseline is the hidden economic structure that's quietly emptying your pockets while you're distracted by the melody.
I fell asleep in 1974. I woke up in 2026 expecting to see the future. Instead, I saw America kicking the exact same can down the exact same road. Only now, the shoes are more expensive. It is a profound disappointment to wake up 50 years later and see the working man still getting played. We got our first trillionaire floating on a superyacht, while the rest of y'all are fighting a "Family Feud" in the streets.
They love it when you fight. The man in the suit hates the man in the truck, but they both agree you're out of luck. It's White against White, neighbor against neighbor—a pure distraction so you don't look up at the penthouse balcony where the real owners are sipping scotch and collecting the mortgage. You're dancing to the high notes, but you aren't checking the rhythm underneath the beat.
If the baseline is crooked, the song ain't straight.
That is why I named the album THE BASELINE. I'm translating the financial truth into a language you can feel in your chest. You need to understand the foundation before you can build your own table.
Don't let them turn the volume down on the truth. If you want to stop playing their game, start by owning your own assets. Cut out the middlemen, the bankers, and the streaming algorithms.
Take back your equity. Listen to the truth.
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